Elton
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #8,978 · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 317 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,353since 1880
Elton over time
Rank among boys' names. Elton has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,304 | 60 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,078 | 72 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,113 | 69 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,938 | 80 | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #1,565 | 111 |
| 2020 | — | #1,716 | 90 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,868 | 80 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,994 | 73 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,493 | 51 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,255 | 59 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,189 | 62 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,098 | 66 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,623 | 45 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,326 | 55 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,145 | 61 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,287 | 56 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,119 | 64 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,125 | 64 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,281 | 57 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,967 | 68 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,943 | 65 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,604 | 81 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,153 | 51 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,596 | 76 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,334 | 96 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,593 | 68 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,502 | 73 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,350 | 82 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,359 | 79 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,430 | 69 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,477 | 64 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,216 | 86 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,177 | 89 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,236 | 81 | |
| 1990 | — | #963 | 117 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,115 | 90 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,066 | 87 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,009 | 88 | |
| 1986 | — | #971 | 89 | |
| 1985 | — | #923 | 97 | |
| 1984 | — | #803 | 118 | |
| 1983 | — | #813 | 115 | |
| 1982 | — | #750 | 138 | |
| 1981 | — | #784 | 123 | |
| 1980 | — | #763 | 132 | |
| 1979 | — | #770 | 126 | |
| 1978 | — | #673 | 154 | |
| 1977 | — | #629 | 179 | |
| 1976 | — | #546 | 217 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #473 | 285 |
| 1974 | — | #503 | 250 | |
| 1973 | — | #575 | 190 | |
| 1972 | — | #612 | 166 | |
| 1971 | — | #668 | 153 | |
| 1970 | — | #737 | 124 | |
| 1969 | — | #822 | 88 | |
| 1968 | — | #720 | 109 | |
| 1967 | — | #692 | 115 | |
| 1966 | — | #648 | 131 | |
| 1965 | — | #581 | 173 | |
| 1964 | — | #597 | 176 | |
| 1963 | — | #591 | 176 | |
| 1962 | — | #540 | 214 | |
| 1961 | — | #546 | 209 | |
| 1960 | — | #513 | 239 | |
| 1959 | — | #483 | 263 | |
| 1958 | — | #471 | 281 | |
| 1957 | — | #439 | 307 | |
| 1956 | — | #448 | 285 | |
| 1955 | — | #443 | 280 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #418 | 294 |
| 1953 | — | #411 | 292 | |
| 1952 | — | #456 | 240 | |
| 1951 | — | #412 | 273 | |
| 1950 | — | #457 | 209 | |
| 1949 | — | #438 | 232 | |
| 1948 | — | #440 | 231 | |
| 1947 | — | #438 | 234 | |
| 1946 | — | #426 | 222 | |
| 1945 | — | #405 | 220 | |
| 1944 | — | #373 | 257 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #382 | 257 |
| 1942 | — | #420 | 215 | |
| 1941 | — | #392 | 216 | |
| 1940 | — | #370 | 237 | |
| 1939 | — | #373 | 234 | |
| 1938 | — | #351 | 250 | |
| 1937 | — | #350 | 234 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #342 | 251 |
| 1935 | — | #340 | 260 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #308 | 311 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #316 | 291 |
| 1932 | — | #320 | 297 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #327 | 283 |
| 1930 | — | #317 | 304 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #317 | 302 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #306 | 330 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #290 | 386 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #315 | 324 |
| 1925 | — | #316 | 324 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #294 | 381 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #298 | 353 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #303 | 356 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #285 | 385 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #281 | 394 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #299 | 330 |
| 1918 | — | #318 | 318 | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #291 | 320 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #286 | 322 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #278 | 317 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #290 | 236 |
| 1913 | — | #329 | 154 | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #321 | 134 |
| 1911 | — | #337 | 65 | |
| 1910 | — | #383 | 46 | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #289 | 61 |
| 1908 | — | #316 | 48 | |
| 1907 | — | #366 | 37 | |
| 1906 | — | #350 | 35 | |
| 1905 | — | #329 | 37 | |
| 1904 | — | #390 | 28 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #303 | 38 |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | — | #350 | 39 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #366 | 20 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elton was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elton
- 226 spots since 2024 (#2,078 → #2,304)
- 588 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #2,304)
- 115 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #2,304)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1881 (#745 → #460)
- Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1883 (#399 → #720)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #278 (317 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 51 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1886–1986
- Highest: 1 in 2,677 boys born in 1915 were named Elton (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.6% of all boys named Elton (3,535) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | #366 (1887) | #515 |
| 1890s | 176 | #371 (1893) | #464 |
| 1900s | 368 | #289 (1909) | #351 |
| 1910s | 2,242 | #278 (1915) | #313 |
| 1920s | 3,535 | #281 (1920) | #301 |
| 1930s | 2,715 | #308 (1934) | #334 |
| 1940s | 2,321 | #370 (1940) | #408 |
| 1950s | 2,724 | #411 (1953) | #444 |
| 1960s | 1,630 | #513 (1960) | #625 |
| 1970s | 1,844 | #473 (1975) | #619 |
| 1980s | 1,077 | #750 (1982) | #900 |
| 1990s | 808 | #963 (1990) | #1,330 |
| 2000s | 694 | #1,334 (2000) | #1,875 |
| 2010s | 608 | #1,868 (2019) | #2,228 |
| 2020s | 482 | #1,565 (2021) | #1,952 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elton in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 85,174 of them was named Elton, which outranked 56.6% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,339Zelphia15
- #2,339Zeta15
- #2,339Zilpha15
- #2,433Elton14
- #2,433Adrian14
- #2,433Agapita14
- #2,433Aldene14
- #2,552Agness13
- #2,552Aileene13
- #2,552Aleda13
Tied with 118 names at #2,433; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 2,919 of them was named Elton, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.